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Commission discusses statewide TRT changes, new reporting and potential 0.25% local increase to qualify for grants
Summary
Staff warned that state tourism tax (TRT/TRCCA) rules change July 1, 2025; counties may need to adopt a 0.25 percentage increase to access new Utah Outdoor Recreation grant funding for search-and-rescue and related activities.
County staff briefed commissioners on upcoming changes to the transient room tax (TRT) and the Tourism, Recreation, Cultural, and Convention Account (TRCCA) reporting and funding structure, which staff said takes effect July 1, 2025.
Staff said TRT and TRCCA reporting will be combined into a single report and that expenditures will require supporting documentation: vendors and events will need receipts or proofs of purchase tied to specific tourism projects. The county’s auditor’s office (Jordan and Carrie were named) will have to compile the consolidated annual report for the state.
Staff also told the commission that to make Daggett County eligible for a new round of grants through Utah Outdoor Recreation — intended in part to fund search-and-rescue and sheriff’s activities — the county will need to pass a local resolution raising the TRT tax by 0.25 percentage points. The meeting record described the combined state TRT rate rising so the example given would bring a local combined TRT to 1.07% if counties adopt the 0.25% increase at the same time as state changes.
Commissioners discussed timing and asked staff to obtain a draft resolution from the Utah Association of Counties (UAC) and to invite a state representative (identified in meeting as Selena Sinclair with “Utia”) to a future meeting to answer implementation questions. Staff recommended counties adopt any local change concurrently with the statewide implementation to avoid multiple hotel tax updates.
No formal county resolution was adopted at the May 12 meeting; commissioners asked staff to continue planning and to bring a draft resolution when available.
